[ge-talk] Bookmarks and email

[Ari Haviv]

I think I remember that Beatware decided not to use single files for their
email. Apple mail switched to single files and I've seen some complaints
about performance.
Another advantage of single files: a big database is more likely to be
corrupted and lose data.

It's really the layout engine that's the hardest part to do from scratch
since it has to be compatible with all the websites and javascript out
there. Then there are all those extensions...

On 12/20/06, Michael Phipps <mphipps1 at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>
> BFS handles small files well enough, IMHO. It really has trouble with
> performance only if you are trying to create/delete hundreds a second.
> Storing Bookmarks, people files, emails and more in attributed files is,
> IMHO, the best choice.
>
> I understand why Moz team is doing this work; it makes sense when you have
> to code for the lowest common denominator. Another reason why I think that
> ports are generally a bad idea. Again, though, I think that something the
> size of a web browser almost has to be at least partially a port.
>
> Michael
>
>
> Ari Haviv wrote:
> > it looked like such an easy solution. Our file system has attributes and
> > why
> > not make every bookmark and email a separate file so you can do searches
> > and
> > sharing. The problem is, no file system and especially ours can handle
> lots
> > of small files!
> >
> > So for performance, browsers such as Firefox stores bookmarks in 1 file
> and
> > most email clients use some kind of mbox variant or proprietary format.
> > How do we avoid this problem? You want to try a new browser and you now
> > have
> > to import bookmarks and constantly sync. Then you decide you've had
> enough
> > with the syncing and don't give the new browser a chance.
> >
> > That's not really what we want on haiku.
> >
> > So I'm hoping for some shared solution that can deal with these
> situations.
> > Firefox is working on a database system for its bookmarks and history.
> > Maybe
> > that can be abstracted out of the browser?
> >
> > ref: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Places
> >
> >
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